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March 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetable wear to the beach?”/“A zu-kini.”

A "zucchini" is not the same as a "bikini," but there's a riddle: Q: What does a vegetable wear to the beach?A: A zucchini. The riddle (also shown with an illustration) was…

March 4, 2022
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetable wear to the beach?”/“A zucchini.”

A "zucchini" is not the same as a "bikini," but there's a riddle: Q: What does a vegetable wear to the beach?A: A zucchini. The riddle (also shown with an illustration) was…

April 11, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“A greengrocer.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

April 11, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“Cabbage Patch Kids.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

April 11, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“Cumin beans.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

April 11, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“Swedes.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

April 11, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“Toe-fu.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

April 8, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does a vegetarian cannibal eat?”/“Vegetables.”

"Rutabaga" is called "swede" in British English, and another name is "Swedish turnip." "Swede" can be confused with a person from Sweden. A classic riddle,…

December 31, 2023
Food/Drink

“What does an aardvark like on its pizza?”/“Ant-chovies.”

There aren't ants in anchovies, but there is a popular pizza riddle: Q: What does an aardvark like on its pizza? A: Ant-chovies. The joke was included in the book The Zaniest Riddle Book in…

August 4, 2022
Food/Drink

“What does an electrical engineer have for breakfast?”/“An ohmelette.”

"Ohmelette" (ohm + omelette) is a term used in a few riddles. "what does an electrical engineer have for breakfast? Ohm-lets" was posted on Twitter by Kattab on September 10,…

August 4, 2022
Food/Drink

“What does an electrician have for breakfast?”/“An ohmelette.”

"Ohmelette" (ohm + omelette) is a term used in a few riddles. "what does an electrical engineer have for breakfast? Ohm-lets" was posted on Twitter by Kattab on September 10,…

November 21, 2021
Food/Drink

“What does an incoherent turkey say?”/“Garble! Garble! Garble!”

A turkey riddle is: Q: What does an incoherent turkey say?A: "Garble! Garble! Garble!" The usual answer would be "gobble gobble gobble," but the turkey is incoherent. "What…

August 19, 2019
Food/Drink

“What does breast milk taste like?”/“Umami.”

"Umami" (one of the five basic tastes) sounds like "yo' mommy." The Wikipedia "umami" entry states that human breast milk has this flavor. Naturally, there are…

June 8, 2020
Food/Drink

“What does Charles Dickens keep in his spice rack?”/“The best of thymes, the worst of thymes.”

A joke on the famous first line of the novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" -- was printed in BuzzFeed…

February 10, 2018
Food/Drink

“What does cheese like to drink?”/“Morbier.”

Morbier cheese sounds like "more beer." A popular riddle is: Q: What does cheese like to drink?A: Morbier. "Which cheese has a drinking problem?" was cited in 2013. "Q:What…

March 7, 2018
Food/Drink

“What does garlic do when it gets hot?”/“It takes its cloves off.”

"Cloves" sounds --to some -- like "clothes." "So the onion says to the garlic 'Hey love, why don't you take your cloves off'" was posted on Twitter on…

December 28, 2021
Food/Drink

“What does lactose free milk wish to the world?”/“Soy to the world.”

"Joy to the World" is an English Christmas carol, written by English minister and hymnwriter Isaac Watts in 1719, "Soy to the World" is a pun that has been printed on many…

March 23, 2019
Food/Drink

“What does Pac-Man eat with his chips?”/“Guacawakamole.”

Pac-Man is a maze chase game; dots are eaten to the sound of "Waka Waka Waka." "What does Pac-Man eat? Waka Waka Waka" was posted on Twitter by Pac Man on May 10, 2017.…

December 1, 2021
Food/Drink

“What does Santa drink?”/“White Claus.”

White Claw Hard Seltzer has nothing to do with Santa Claus, but there are jokes. "Does Santa drink White Claus?" was posted on Twitter by Nath on October 18, 2018. "Does Santa drink…

November 28, 2019
Food/Drink

“What does Thanksgiving have in common with Halloween?”/“Gobble-ins!”

Halloween has goblins; Thanksgiving has gobblers. "After Halloween there's Thanksgiving! From goblins to gobblers!" was in a "Josephine" comic strip printed in many…

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